She worked to build a network of children's librarians across the country who supported each other and established high standards for all in the profession.

[4] He put Power in charge, effectively making her the first children's librarian in the Cleveland Public Library System.

To prove her point, Power took age-appropriate nonfiction works from the other library sections and displayed them on the shelves in the children's room.

Power spent a great deal of her career lecturing at schools and training other librarians in the area of children and youth services.

[5]: 193  Power also encouraged the writings of Langston Hughes, an African American poet and author, and assisted him by reviewing his work and suggesting changes.

In a letter to Power on December 31, 1931, Hughes thanked her "for the splendid little introduction"[8] she wrote for his book of poems, The Dream Keeper.

[9] Power even wrote the introductory paragraph to Hughes' article in the Yearbook in order to promote awareness of his work as an author.

Power's feminist views also came out in her writing, with Florence M. Everson, in their 1928 book, Early Days in Ohio: A story of a pioneer family of the Western Reserve: "Girls can't chop anything."

"Here's one girl that can do as much as any two boys," declared Peggy as she seized a hatchet, and she swung it with so much vim that James and Alonzo stood back and gazed at her in open-mouthed wonder.