Her journal entries show that Ballif was "concerned with the state of art and matters of the heart.

"[1] In 1916, Ballif received an assignment from the President of BYU, George Brimhall, to go on a teaching mission at Ricks Academy.

Their daughter Ann Greta Ballif was the wife of Chase N. Peterson who served as president of the University of Utah.

[4] Algie Ballif began her teaching career after graduating from Brigham Young University.

She taught a variety of subjects: speech, English, physical education, dance, and the Book of Mormon.

She taught and developed curriculum until 1923, when she moved to Berkeley, California to be with her husband during his last year of law school.

[1] Ballif was elected the president of the state women's branch of the American Legion Convention that was held in Provo in 1930.

As president, she attended the National Convention of American Legion Auxiliary, where she gave a ten-minute talk.

[3] While serving in state legislature, Ballil became involved with John F. Kennedy's campaign and election.

In 1965 she was asked to join the Commission of Public Welfare of the State of Utah;[1] she later became the director of its Division of Family Services.

[3] Ballif was appointed to the fifteen-member Commission for the Study of the Health Facilities in the United States in 1967, President Lyndon Johnson.

[1] Ballif served on the Provo Stake Board of Relief Society in charge of literary lessons for ten years.

[3] Members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, James E. Faust, Marvin J. Ashton and Dallin H. Oaks spoke at her funeral.