Rene Carpenter
Rene Carpenter (April 12, 1928 – July 24, 2020) was an American newspaper columnist and television personality. She was the wife of Scott Carpenter, one of the Mercury Seven astronauts.[1][2] She was part of the Astronaut Wives Club and was its last living member. She was born in Clinton, Iowa.[3]
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In 1968, she campaigned for Robert Kennedy.[4] She had a syndicated women's page column, "A Woman, Still", and from 1972 to 1976, a television presenter, first with Everywoman, and then with Nine in the Morning.[3][4][5] She worked for Committee for National Health Insurance.[3]
Carpenter died on July 24, 2020, at a hospital in Denver from congestive heart failure, aged 92.[1][2] She was the last surviving member of the Astronaut Wives Club, after Annie Glenn died two months earlier.[1]
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Seelye, Katharine Q. (July 24, 2020). "Rene Carpenter, Astronaut's Wife Who Broke NASA Mold, Dies at 92". The New York Times. Retrieved July 24, 2020.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Schudel, Matt (July 24, 2020). "Rene Carpenter, astronaut's wife and D.C. television host, dies at 92". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 24, 2020.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Kelly, John (July 11, 2015). "Meet one of the real women from 'The Astronaut Wives Club'". The Washington Post. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Fay, Martha (April 7, 1975). "Ex-Astronaut Wife Rene Is the Carpenter in the News Now". PEOPLE.com. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- ↑ MacPhersons, Myra (May 1, 1968). "Rene Carpenter Regards Conformity as a Big Bore". timesmachine.nytimes.com. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
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