Her father, Fred Calvin Worrall,[3] was a builder who would "bring folks over from all parts of Europe, sell them land and set up communities for them.

The Worralls were again homeless in 1910; a local housing shortage found the family living in a curtained-off area of the Norcatur Dispatch city room.

[6] Fitzgerald attended the College of St. Theresa[7] in Winona, Minnesota, but she had to leave after two years to help support her family.

"[10] Both of the Fitzgeralds had their own radio programs on WOR when Pegeen had the idea that it might be interesting to broadcast a family's talk at the breakfast table.

[12] The morning program was described in an ad for WOR as "a show deliberately planned to help women adapt their homes and habits to changing economic conditions" related to World War II.

[7] In New York City, their joint programs were heard initially on WOR, but on April 30, 1945, they moved to WJZ,[17] when those call letters were used by the station later known as WABC.

[20] In 1955, Fitzgerald moved into the executive area of broadcasting, becoming manager of retail merchandising for WRCA and WRCA-TV in New York City.

[19] The show survived various format changes until September 1983, when Fitzgerald received a telephone call from the station's program director.

There was also a good deal of adverse publicity from newspaper articles which extended beyond the coverage area of WOR.

The program aired from 11:30 to midnight on weekdays; it was sponsored by the Guild, an animal charity with five shelters in the New York City area.

Instead of the typical breakfast table setting, the Fitzgeralds move easily about a facsimile of their own living room.

"[25] On September 22, 1952, the Fitzgeralds launched a syndicated 15-minute program that featured their "giving household hints [and integrating] commercials by national advertisers."

[26] In the mid-1950s, Pegeen Fitzgerald was reporter-editor for Windows, an NBC-TV effort to promote local businesses via 5-minute programs on stations owned by the network.

Fitzgerald hosted episodes for Gimbels and Bergdorf Goodman on WRCA-TV, displaying the stores' merchandise for viewers.

[3] Previously, she had shared duties with Gypsy Rose Lee as being board members of the Greenwich Village Animal League.

A turkey meant for the Worrall family's Thanksgiving dinner was thought to be dead when it sprang back to life.