Mary Anderson, REI

Mary Anderson, Co-founder of REI

by American Trails Staff

 

Mary Anderson and her husband Lloyd founded the mountaineering importer in 1938 that became REI and helped it grow into the nation’s largest consumer cooperative.

A tribute to REI's co-founder

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