About Mildred Plew Meigs
Lived 1892 – 1944 (aged 52). Mildred Plew Meigs was an American poet.
Mildred Plew Meigs (born Mildred Plew) was an American poet. Born to Chicago financier James E. Plew and Nettie Plew (née Raymond), Mildred spent her adult life in Valparaiso, Florida. She is most famous for her poem "The Pirate Don Durk of Dowdee", which she published in Child Life Magazine in a 1923 issue.
Her first published book, The Road To Raffydiddle, is dated 1913, and features illustrations by Frank Aloise.
She contributed dozens of poems to Child Life Magazine, Harper's, Motion Picture, Poetry, and other lifestyle magazines, and is credited as the author of six children's books.
Mildred Plew Meigs died on February 22, 1944, in her home in Valparaiso, Florida.
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Mildred Plew Meigs was born on 12 January 1892 in Chicago.
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Mildred Plew Meigs died on 22 February 1944 in Valparaiso.
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