Louie Boulton Felt

Primary President - 1880–1925

Thirty–year–old Louie Boulton Felt was the Primary president of the Salt Lake City Eleventh Ward when she was called as the first general president of the new Primary Association in 1880. The Eleventh Ward was the second in the Church to have a Primary organization. She continued her service as the ward Primary president and only gradually assumed full leadership responsibilities for the general Primary. Eliza R. Snow was a great help to her during these years, teaching her to manage a growing organization spread over a large geographical area. After Sister Snow's death in 1889, Sister Felt fully assumed her responsibilities as general president of the Primary, a position she held for most of Primary's first century. Before Sister Felt was released in 1925, much that is still familiar in Primary today was in place.