Dusenberry attended Brigham Young Academy in Provo beginning at age five, graduating in 1897.

Upon her return to Provo, she became the principal of the Kindergarten Normal Training school and organized a class for parents.

In 1910 she spent three years in graduate school at Columbia University and during that time continued to speak at many national conferences.

[citation needed] In 1901, Dusenberry became a member of the general presidency of the Relief Society; she was the second counselor to Bathsheba W. Smith.

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, the International Council of Women, the National Convention of Charities and Corrections, and the Suffrage Convention.