Virginia Eifert

Virginia Louise Snyder Eifert (January 23, 1911 - June 16, 1966) was a naturalist and popular historian based in the U.S. state of Illinois. From a staff base in the Illinois State Museum, she published 18 books. Her works included holistic natural histories of the Mississippi River, a biography of early river chronicler Louis Jolliet, and many other works.

As a writer for periodicals, Eifert was published in Audubon Magazine, Nature, and Natural History. Her papers were donated to Western Illinois University.