[2] Travers grew up amid the burgeoning folk scene in New York City's Greenwich Village,[2] and she released five solo albums.

Mary attended the progressive Little Red School House, where she met musical icons like Pete Seeger and Paul Robeson.

Travers regarded her singing as a hobby (she worked full-time as a dental technician)[6] and was shy about it, but was encouraged by fellow musicians.

Travers subsequently pursued a solo career and recorded five albums: Mary (1971), Morning Glory (1972), All My Choices (1973), Circles (1974) and It's in Everyone of Us (1978).

[2] The group reunited for one night in June 1972 to take part in a special fundraising concert at Madison Square Garden for presidential candidate Sen. George McGovern.

After the end of her marriage to Taylor, Travers had a relationship with lawyer Richard Ben-Veniste for several years while raising her daughters in New York.

In 1991 she married restaurateur Ethan Robbins and lived with him in the small town of Redding, Connecticut for the remainder of her life.