Gabrielle Vallot

Gabrielle Vallot (born Claire-Marie-Gabrielle Pérou on November 18, 1856 in Paris - February 21, 1933 in Paris[1][2]) was a French climber, mountaineer,[3] and speleologist. She married scientist and mountaineer Joseph Vallot in 1880,[4] and they climbed Mont-Blanc together.[5]

Gabrielle Vallot and daughter, Madeleine Vallot

Biography

Claire-Marie-Gabrielle Pérou was born on November 18, 1856 in Paris's former 2nd arrondissement.[6]

She would be one of the first women to have published writings on speleology, following excursions in her region, near Lodève.[7] 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.[8] She died in her home located at 22 rue de Chazelles in Paris's 17th arrondissement on February 21, 1933.[2]

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.
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  • "Les grandes figures disparues de la spéléologie française", Spelunca (Spécial Centenaire de la Spéléologie), no. 31, juillet-septembre 1988, p. 84

References
  1. Johannes 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 (ISBN 978-3-903093-30-0, lire en ligne)
  2. Acte de décès, n°472, p. 14
  3. Creese, Mary R. S.; Creese, Thomas M. (2004). Ladies in the Laboratory II: West European Women in Science, 1800-1900 : A Survey of Their Contributions to Research. ISBN 9780810849792.
  4. "Gabrielle Vallot". IALP Mountain Museums.
  5. 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)
  6. État civil reconstitué, n°V3E/N 1774, p. 48
  7. Grottes et abîmes (Basses Cévennes) - Paris, annuaire du CAF, 1889, p. 145-69
  8. Revue du Cercle Généalogique du Languedoc, n°141, p. 71 (in French, with a paywall)
  9. "Grottes et abîmes (Basses-Cévennes)". impr. G. Chamerot.


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