Anderson also served as the first counselor to general Primary president Louie B.

For the next forty-nine years, Anderson would work in some capacity in the Primary organization of the LDS Church.

During the period that Anderson was the editor-in-chief of The Children's Friend, it published an anonymous account of the friendship that existed between Felt and Anderson; the article referred to the couple as the "David and Jonathan of the Primary" organization.

[2] This has led two dissident Mormon historians to theorize that Anderson and Felt had a partially closeted lesbian relationship.

[5][6][7] Two researchers have stated: "No evidence exists to lead us to believe that their relationship was anything but that of true and chaste Christian friendship and sisterly love.