She attended the University of Utah for a year, but completed her course of study at LDS College and married Theodore Nystrom on 21 June 1900.

[1] In 1892, Nystrom had become a member of the general board of what was then called the Young Women's Mutual Improvement Association.

[1] She continued in this position until 5 April 1905, when she was chosen by new president Martha H. Tingey as the second counselor in the organization.

Nystrom was a counselor to Tingey until she was released on 15 July 1923 because of her move to Green River, Wyoming.

Nystrom was a member of Susan B. Anthony's National Council of Women and was a delegate from Utah for to the suffragist organization's conventions in 1908 and 1909.