Virginia Monier was an American stage actress and theatre manager. She was one of the first female theatre managers in the United States. She was the founder-manager of the ''Miss Monier's Dramatic Saloon'' in New York City in 1838, and manager of the

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in 1840–1841, which made her a pioneer in a period when it was still very unusual for women to manage and found theatres in the USA. She was also the star attraction of the

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in 1836–41.

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