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.

[5] Mildred Plew Meigs died on February 22, 1944, in her home in Valparaiso, Florida.

During these years she was prolifically published, both in magazines and with children's books, with illustrations provided by Ve Elizabeth Cadie.

[1] Plew's works have been featured in elementary school choral readings and educational literature.