Gabrielle Vallot (born Claire-Marie-Gabrielle Pérou on November 18, 1856, in Paris - February 21, 1933, in ParisJohannes Mattes, Erhard Christian et Lukas Plan, Proceedings of the 12th EuroSpeleo Forum : Ebensee, Austria, August 23rd-26th, 2018 : Connecting Science, Speleological Society of Ebensee, 20 August 2018 (, lire en ligne)Acte de décès, n°472, p. 14) was a French climber, mountaineer, and speleologist. She married scientist and mountaineer Joseph Vallot in 1880, and they climbed Mont-Blanc together.Cécile Ottogalli-Mazzacavallo, "Des femmes à la conquête des sommets : Genre et Alpinisme (1874-1919)", Clio. Femmes, genre, histoire, no. 23, 1 April 2006, p. 165–78 ISSN 1252-7017, DOI 10.4000/clio.1896 (in French)
Biography Claire-Marie-Gabrielle Pérou was born on November 18, 1856, in Paris's former 2nd arrondissement.État civil reconstitué, n°V3E/N 1774, p. 48
She would be one of the first women to have published writings on speleology, following excursions in her region, near Lodève.Grottes et abîmes (Basses Cévennes) - Paris, annuaire du CAF, 1889, p. 145-69 Her husband, the speleologist Joseph Vallot helped her with the realization of the plans and topographies. The couple had a daughter, Madeleine Vallot, who went on to become a renowned mountaineer in her own right, holding several records.
Pérou divorced Vallot in 1912.Revue du Cercle Généalogique du Languedoc, n°141, p. 71 (in French, with a paywall) She died in her home located at 22 rue de Chazelles in Paris's 17th arrondissement on February 21, 1933.
Bibliography "Mes ascensions" [My Ascensions], Annuaire du Club alpin français [Yearbook of the French Alpine Club], 1887, pp. 41–47. "Grottes et abîmes," [Caves and Abysses] Annuaire du Club alpin français, 1889, pp. 145–69. "Les grandes figures disparues de la spéléologie française", Spelunca (Spécial Centenaire de la Spéléologie), no. 31, juillet-septembre 1988, p. 84
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