Théonie Rivière Mignot
American restaurateur / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Théonie Rivière Mignot (Philadelphia, 2 October 1819 – 13 December 1875, Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut), was an American businesswoman. From 1850 to 1861, she managed the famous restaurant The Mount Vernon in Charleston, South Carolina, known for the initiative of being the first public place in Charleston which explicitly catered to female customers.[1]