Family Background
Graves was born in Madison, Wisconsin to parents Robert and Dyrele (Derry) Graves. The parents of Robert Graves moved to the Spring Green area in the 1930s from South Dakota so that Ben Graves (Robert's father) could take up a position as the land and farm manager at Taliesin. Robert Graves himself rowed at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Derry Graves, who came from a circus family in Baraboo, Wisconsin, trained as a registered nurse. In the late 1960s, she worked as a nurse at the Badger Army Ammunition Plant, while Robert farmed. Carie has attributed her renowned musculature and work ethic to early days of laboring on the carrie house.
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