Daisy Polk

Who is Daisy Polk?

Daisy Polk was an American woman who became Comtesse de Buyer-Mimeure after marrying French Army General Marie Joseph Louis Robert de Buyer.

Polk was a prominent woman from San Francisco. Active in the American relief effort during World War I, she was assigned the reconstruction of the village of Vitrimont, France, with moneys supplied by Mrs. Crocker of San Francisco; Vitrimont was the first of a number of villages restored with American aid. She and de Buyer met by chance in Vitrimont in 1916: when her car broke down, de Buyer offered his assistance; a year later they were married, in September. Her husband had been in command of the 6th Light Armoured Brigade. In 1915 he became commander of the Third Cavalry Corps, and a year later of the Second Army Corps. He retired in 1917. The wedding was attended by such notables as General Pétain.

In 1920, she was named a Legion Chevalier. In the 1930s, Comtesse de Buyer-Mimeuse, a well-known public figure, was active with the Catholic Sewing Circle in Passy.