 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pugh akabva asimbisa basa rake rounyanzvi muNew York, achibatsira nemifananidzo kuMcCalls, Ladies Home Journal, The Forum uye Survey Graphic. Mipiro yake yekuratidzira inosanganisira Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts muna 1920 uye National Association of Women Painters uye Sculptors muna 1934. PaNew York Worlds Fair yokutanga, Pugh akaratidza mufananidzo unoti Amai Vangu. Basa rake rakamiririrwa pakuratidzira paNational Academy of Design muna 1932, National Academy of Women Artists muna 193435, uye Pennsylvania Print Club kubva muna 1929 kusvika muna 1931. Akanga ari vaviri munyori uye illustrator we Little Carolina Bluebonnet, a 1933 Thomas Y. Crowell Co. bhuku. Basa rake rinozivikanwa zvikurusa imepu yake yemaruva yeNorth Carolina. Mifananidzo mitatu, yaClifford Hope, Harold D. Cooley, naHerbert Bonner, iri muunganidzwa weUnited States House of Representatives. Muna 1936, Pugh akadzokera ku alma mater yake, achidzidzisa paPeace College muRaleigh kusvika pamudyandigere muna 1960. 