Marie Jonet Dugès

[1] Jonet Dugès' daughter, Marie Lachapelle, was also a renowned midwife.

[2] From an early age, her daughter was a constant companion and assisted at births.

[2] Jonet Dugès was first a sworn midwife ("sage-femme jurée") at the Chatelet Hospital.

[3] She performed her duties with such zeal, ability, and faithfulness that when she retired the government awarded her a liberal pension.

[3] Marie Jonet Dugès is remembered as one of the most significant midwives attached to the Hôtel-Dieu, and for her improvement of French midwifery.