Anne Ripley Smith

Anne Ripley Smith (March 3, 1881 – June 1, 1949) was a co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, along with her husband, Bob Smith, and Bill Wilson.

Anne Smith's influence in Alcoholics Anonymous became widely known through her publication, Anne Smith's Journal, 1933-1939. She compiled and shared with early participants and their families the materials that comprised the early Alcoholics Anonymous's spiritual program—the Bible, Quiet Time, the teachings of Sam Shoemaker, the principles of the Oxford Group, and Christian literature of the day. Anne also became one of the first members of the Al-Anon mutual aid organization when another founder, the wife of Bill W., Lois Wilson visited her in Akron, Ohio during his stay at their house. Al-Anon officially began in 1951, after Anne's death.