Fern Chamberlain

Fern Chamberlain

1911-2011

Fern Chamberlain was a "quiet radical" who advocated relentlessly for vulnerable populations, particularly women and children, throughout her years on earth. She was not only South Dakota's first female master’s degree holder, first female social worker, and the first non-Catholic single woman to adopt a child, but she was a driving force behind so many enduring nonprofit organizations in the Sioux Falls area, such as the Sioux Falls Food Pantry and the now statewide 211 Helpline.

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