Background
Ida Smoot was born in Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, to Abraham O. Smoot and Anne Kirstine Mauritsen.
Ida Smoot was born in Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, to Abraham O. Smoot and Anne Kirstine Mauritsen.
Dusenberry attended Brigham Young Academy in Provo, graduating in 1897.
Dusenberry was also trained as a kindergarten teacher at Chauncy Hall School in Boston, followed by three years of graduate school at Columbia University. She also received a bachelor of pedagogy degree from Brigham Young University (Brigham Young University) in 1906. Dusenberry served in this capacity until Smith"s death in 1910, when the presidency was dissolved.
From 1910 to 1921, Dusenberry was the principal of the Kindergarten Normal Training School at Brigham Young University. She also served multiple terms as the president of the Utah State Kindergarten Association.
In 1921, Dusenberry became an assistant professor of psychology at Brigham Young University. She worked as a faculty member at Brigham Young University until retiring in 1943. Dusenberry was the mother of two children.
She died at and was buried in Provo, Utah.
In 1901, Dusenberry became a member of the general presidency of the Relief Society. She was the second counselor to Bathsheba West. Smith. Dusenberry remained a member of the Relief Society general board until 1921.
As a member of the general presidency and general board of the Relief Society, Dusenberry represented the Relief Society to the National Council of Women of the United States and to the International Council of Women.