During 1939 Gilot's father still wanted her to complete a degree in international law, and out of fear that Paris would be bombed during the war, Gilot was sent to Rennes, France, to begin law school.
在1939年期間，弗朗索瓦·吉洛的父親仍然希望她完成國際法學位，並且出於擔心巴黎在戰爭期間遭到轟炸，她被派往法國雷恩開始上法學院。