peggy was everything a mother should be. >> as a child, i ice skated. my mother would sit in the rink and freeze. she'd sit there with a coat on all bundled up, shivering. >> reporter: susanne and her younger brother jim grew up in suburban rockland county about 45 minutes north of new york city. >> we were able to go away to sleep-away camp when we were little. my parents traveled. >> reporter: at first, peggy did what many women did in the 1960s. she stayed at home while her husband rob headed off to work. but peggy was drawn to something bigger than her suburban sanctuary. when susanne was young, her mom was back in school earning her mba. >> she was probably one of the few women in the graduating class. >> reporter: and then went into a man's business. >> and then went into a man's business and worked very hard.