| Mildred Plew Meigs | |
| Birth Date: | January 12, 1892[1] |
| Birth Place: | Chicago, Illinois, United States |
| Death Date: | February 22, 1944 [2] |
| Death Place: | Valparaiso, Florida, United States |
| Occupation: | Poet |
| Language: | English |
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| Spouse: | Clifford Meigs, Carl Merryman (divorced 1935) |
| Relatives: | James E. Plew (father) |
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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.[3]
She contributed dozens of poems to Child Life Magazine, Harper's, Motion Picture,[4] Poetry, and other lifestyle magazines, and is credited as the author of six children's books.[5]
Mildred Plew Meigs died on February 22, 1944, in her home in Valparaiso, Florida.[2]
Mildred Plew was raised in Chicago. In 1916, she married Carl Plummer Merryman.
They moved in 1923 with her father and family to Valparaiso, Florida. During these years she was prolifically published, both in magazines and with children's books, with illustrations provided by Ve Elizabeth Cadie.
Mildred Plew divorced Carl Merryman in 1935.
In the 1940 census, her spouse is listed as Clifford Meigs.[1]
Plew's works have been featured in elementary school choral readings and educational literature.[6]