Background
Widtsoe, Leah Dunford was born on February 24, 1874 in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Daughter of Doctor Alma B. Dunford and Susa Young (now Susa Young Gates).
Widtsoe, Leah Dunford was born on February 24, 1874 in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Daughter of Doctor Alma B. Dunford and Susa Young (now Susa Young Gates).
Student Harvard, summer 1893. Graduate normal department University of Utah, 1896. Student Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York, 1896-1897.
Bachelor of Pedagogy, Brigham Young University, 1898.
Traveled and studied in Europe, 1898-1900.
Conductor pioneer household institutions, auspices Utah Agricultural College, 1900-1905. Woman’s adviser and lecturer on economics, Brigham Young University, 1905-1907. Lecturer home economics and investigator problems of household engineering and human nutrition, 1907-1916.
General educational work since 1916.
During war period, state Chairman of Commission of education Utah Women's Council of Defense. State chairman Americanization work of Federation of Women's Clubs, et cetera
Member American Home Economics Association, Salt Lake City Federation Women'son
Married John A. Widtsoe, of Salt Lake City, June 1, 1898. Children: Anna Gaarden, John A. (deceased), Karl M., Mark A. (deceased), Leah Eudora.