CARPENTER, MARY CHAPIN
(*1958)
CARPENTER, MARY CHAPIN (b. Princeton, N.J., February 21, 1958) Well-educated, slightly ironic, a feminist, and politically liberal, Carpenter is the last person you'd think would be successful on the country charts. The fact that she's enjoyed success shows much about how the definition of country is changing. The daughter of a Life magazine executive, Carpenter was raised in Princeton, New Jersey, for most of her childhood, except for two years during which the family relocated to Japan so her…