Geraldine Fenn

Geraldine "Gerry" Fenn (April 1, 1912 – September 14, 1989) was an American educator. Fenn founded the Montanans for Children, Youth and Families in 1978, and framed the 1972 Montana State Constitution setting forth rights for children, a bill that became a model for other state constitutions.

She graduated from Brookings High School, and then attended South Dakota State College.

She retired in 1967 and served on Montana's Human Resource Council until 1977. She founded the People Partner Program in 1975, administered by the Montana 4-H Foundation to help youth groups working on community projects.

Working with youth and families since 1933, in 1978 she founded the Montanans for Children, Youth and Families. She became the director and unpaid executive secretary of the association. The pushing factor for founding the association was the 1977 Legislature that did not fund the Montana Advisory Council on Children and Youth of which Fenn was the secretary for since 1969.

In 1980 she was a delegate to the White House conference on families.

Legacy The Gerry Fenn library was established in 1986 and is part of the Montana State University Women's Center.

Fenn established the Geraldine Fenn Scholarship Fund for home economics at South Dakota State University.