Mildred Plew Meigs
Mildred Plew Meigs (born Mildred Plew) was an American poet. Born to Chicago financier James E. Plew and Nettie Plew (nee 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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