Françoise Legey

{{Short description|French-Moroccan physician}}

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Françoise Legey (1876-1935) was a French-Moroccan physician.{{cite book |last=Ha |first=Marie-Paule |title=French Women and the Empire: The Case of Indochina |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2014 |isbn=9780199640362 |url={{Google books|v0VZAwAAQBAJ|page=PA76|plainurl=yes}} |access-date=2018-04-02 |page=76 |oclc=934656566 |doi=10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199640362.001.0001}}

She became the first female physician in Morocco in 1900. She devoted her career in Algeria and Morocco to women's healthcare. She established a maternity hospital in Marrakesh and educated midwives, and a milk dispensary.

She published two books on Moroccan folklore, Légey established in Marrakesh.

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