Schoemer, Karen. «No Hair Spray, No Spangles», The New York Times, August 1, 1993. Henta 3. desember 2007. «Born and reared in Princeton, N.J., one of four sisters whose father, Chapin Carpenter, worked for Life magazine, Carpenter is suburban to the core. What's more, she attended private schools, including the Taft School in Connecticut, and graduated from Brown University.»