It was a hot July when Matthew and Violet went to spend a few days with their Aunt Jane, under one special condition: spending the afternoons at the beach and dedicating the mornings to the library where their aunt worked.
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[[Next->pasaje5]]
The library storage room is almost as big as the first floor of the building. There’s a section at the back that seems hidden, like it’s from the olden times or a magical world. I wouldn’t know how to explain it. Uh-oh! There’s a sign...
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[[Maybe I should go back to Matthew and look for an interesting book->pasaje6]]
[[It’s better to ask for forgiveness than permission->pasaje7]]
There’s no toilet paper, and Aunt Jane tells me I’ll find some in the storage room
[[Next->pasaje4]]
My brother suggests going to the bakery in front of the library; they make the best chocolate croissant in the world!
[[We go to the bakery->pasaje47]]
[[I ask him to bring me a croissant, I prefer to stay and read a little bit->pasaje48]]There's something special about the books in this section
[[I skimmed through the old books->pasaje8]]While I am looking through some of the old books, I hear a metallic sound on the floor. It’s my earring that fell. I get on my knees to search for it and I realize there’s a lump under one of the shelves.
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[[I stop looking for the earring and focus on reaching the lump->pasaje9]]
[[I call Matthew over to help me find the earring->pasaje10]]I can’t reach it, and it blends in with the broken tiles around it. I see a brush and grab it to try to pull the lump out. Now, I keep trying with the brush, I suddenly hear a noise behind me.
[[I jump in fright->pasaje11]]
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//Matthew has eyes like a lynx and finds it very quickly//. //He is amazed at the place.//
''You:'' Thank you so much, Matthew! You’re the best!
''Matthew: ''Everything has a price; let’s see what you’ll give me in return.
''You: ''//That’s when I remember the lump//. Well, I’ve got a surprise you’re going to love it.
//I show him the [["treasure"->pasaje12]] and in ten seconds, we’re both on our knees trying to reach it among the broken tiles.//
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''You:'' It's just Matthew, what a relief!
'' Matthew:'' What are you doing? //He is amazed at the place.// There is an earring on the floor. Did you lose it?
''You:'' Yes, I did. Thank you! You’ve got lynx eyes!
''Matthew:'' Do you want an extra hand to help you?
[[Yes, I do!->pasaje12]]
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//The lump is covered in dust and tightly stuck in the hole, but we manage to pull it out.//
<p>''You: ''It’s a <a href="https://www.storyjumper.com/book/read/179104161" target="_blank">book!</a></p>
''Matthew:'' Why was it hidden? Open it and see what’s inside…
''You:'' It looks like a notebook because it’s full of notes, diagrams, drawings, and formulae. ''Matthew: ''[[Look, it’s signed!->pasaje13]]
''You: ''Dra. Catherine Kennedy, 1939.
''Matthew: ''Who is this woman? Matthew asks, frowning.
''You: ''I don’t know, but she must have been researching something important.
[[We need to find someone who understands this type of formulae->pasaje14]]
[[Let's check online to see if we can find any information about this woman->pasaje15]]
''Matthew:'' Not yet Violet, I don’t want to share our secret. We should investigate a little more...
''You: ''Don’t worry. My lips are sealed. [[I go to check if there were any women scientists in 1939->pasaje16]]
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- [[Catherine Kennedy->pasaje17]]
- [[Important women scientists in 1939->pasaje21]]
Matthew explains to me that he’s looking for other books on the shelf signed by the same author. Then, as I grab the book to see if I can find something new, a [[''note''->pasaje22]] falls out...
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There are two!
Option 1: [[Catherine Kennedy->pasaje20]]
Option 2: [[Catherine Kennedy->pasaje18]]
She is in the top 10 of romance novels publishing Trends for 2025... and the other is a painter, nothing that suggests they’re the ones from the notebook we found
[[I go back to the storage room with Matthew to see if he finds anything->pasaje16]]//"If you’ve found this book, it’s the only one left. They couldn’t find it, and that’s why it survived the fire. Now you have the chance to uncover the truth. For years, I’ve been ignored, and my discoveries have been forgotten because I’m a woman. But my work can change lives. [[Find the key and bring justice->pasaje23]]."
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[[Let's see option 2->pasaje18]]There are no results for women scientists from this period. However, during World War II (1939 - 1945), some women scientists faced persecution and exile due to their ethnic background, religion, or political affiliations.
[[I’m going to tell Matthew that I discovered it was written during World War II in 1939->pasaje16]]
I hide the book in my bag. Matthew keeps asking the same questions over and over again. “What did 'Change lives' mean? Why have Dr. Kennedy’s discoveries been ignored?”
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[[I continue searching for other books on the shelf signed by the same author->pasaje24]]
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''You:'' She was a doctor, look at this book signed by her: "Diseases, Patients, and Medications" Catherine Kennedy 1932.
''Matthew:'' Look! showing me a newspaper clipping that was between the pages of the book: Catherine Kennedy discovered that the medications used in her time weren’t effective for women because they had only been tested on men.
''You:'' But here it says no one took her seriously... They said a woman’s research had no credibility."
''Matthew: ''How unfair!" he protested. If her research was so important, why didn’t they use it?
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[[Matthew calm down! I am afraid someone might hear us. I promise we’ll find the truth. You manage to calm Matthew down.->pasaje26]]
[[Matthew calm down! I am afraid someone might hear us. I promise we’ll find the truth.”You can’t calm Matthew down.->pasaje27]]</p>
//Aunt Jane finished her workday, and we went to have lunch. The book was safe in my backpack, camouflaged with the vacation notebooks. After lunch...//
[[I go to the room->pasaje31]]
[[I’m going to talk to my aunt->pasaje33]]//My brother and I review everything we have until now out loud to see if we notice anything else. //
[[Will we find something new?->pasaje27]]
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<p>//Aunt Jane, who had been listening from the door, for so long, steps in.//
''Jane:'' That’s what we call 'gender bias.' For a long time, science has considered the male body as the standard model. This has left out important researches, like Catherine’s. She was a pioneering doctor and researcher in her time. She studied how certain diseases affected men and women differently. In fact, I’ve been looking for this unique volume for so long!
''Matthew:'' What now?
''Jane: ''Now we can recover Dr. Kennedy’s discoveries.
''You: ''But first, we need to find the '[['key''->pasaje28]]in the notebook!</p>
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//Aunt Jane inspects the book//
''Jane: ''There’s a tore page with an incomplete formula and a riddle:
//‘The key is in what you don’t see but feel every day.’”//
''Matthew:'' “The key is in what you don’t see but feel every day.” //Repeats several times.//
//
''Jane:'' We need a break and time to process all this information.
[[We have lunch in silence, maybe all of us are thinking the same->pasaje39]]
I read some parts of the book, and on the last pages, there’s one that’s tore, with an incomplete formula and a riddle:
[[//“The key is in what you don’t see but feel every day.”//->pasaje35]]
I pick up the book to take to my aunt, but I notice a page is tore with an incomplete formula and a [[''riddle''->pasaje34]]
[[“The key is in what you don’t see but feel every day.”->pasaje35]][[Now I’m going to find Matthew->pasaje36]]//Aunt Jane is watering the garden//
<p style="text-align: left;">''You: ''Aunt, we’re going to tell you our secret. Please, I know you’ll have a thousand questions, but don’t interrupt us until we’re done. This morning something really magical happened. We found the hidden section in the storage room, and I still don’t know how I noticed there were broken tiles under the shelf and something was sticking out. It was a book someone had hidden, taking advantage of the gap in the tiles. Wait, don’t speak yet. Yes, we took it because it holds a secret we need to uncover. Does the name Catherine Kennedy ring a bell?”
''Jane: ''Yes, it does. [[Catherine Kennedy sounds familiar->pasaje37]]
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<p style="margin: 50px;">''Jane:'' In the history section of the library, there’s a book by this author, ‘Diseases, Patients, and Medications.’ She discovered that the medications used in her time weren’t effective for women because they had only been tested on men. Look, her work was forgotten because she didn’t have enough empirical data, but let’s be honest, it was also because she was a woman in the 20th century. And you know how things were back then. Being a woman, and even more so, being smart and revolutionary, wasn’t easy. No one knows what happened to her, but she probably ended up like so many other brilliant women sent to a concentration camp simply because she didn’t fit the mold of what was expected of a woman in those times. It’s sad, isn’t it? Let me see the book.” Mateo takes it out of my backpack".</p>
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//My aunt was struggling to find the right words. Was she surprised? //
''Jane: ''This is the volume that followed her first research with empirical data.
Then she stops at one of the last pages, where there’s the riddle:
//“The key is in what you don’t see but feel every day.”//
''Jane: '[[We need a break and time to process all this information->pasaje39]]
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''Matthew:'' “If you’ve found this book, it’s the only one left. They couldn’t find it, and that’s why it survived the fire. Now you have the chance to uncover the truth. For years, I’ve been ignored, and my discoveries have been forgotten because I’m a woman. But my work can change lives. Find the key and bring justice.” and “The key is in what you don’t see but feel every day.” //He repeats aloud.//
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''You:'' It’s the [[heart!->pasaje40]] I shout. The key is in how women feel heart attacks differently.//Aunt Jane turns the car around and say//
''Jane:'' We’ve got work to do!
//We’re going to the library to check out the only official book by Dr. Catherine Kennedy that my aunt knows about.//
[[We start looking at formulas and more formulas that only my aunt can understand, but it seems like she doesn’t fully grasp the topic either->pasaje41]]
[[We call my aunt’s girlfriend, who is a biologist->pasaje42]]
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[[I help her to lock the door->pasaje42]]//We arrive at Aunt’s house, and Lourie Ann is sitting at the dining table having tea. She’s Aunt Jane’s girlfriend, and it turns out she works in the development of medical devices in hospitals.//
''You:'' The wait is so long as they examine both books and the notes in the 1939 book. Matthew and I are following their comments and their looks of complicity... They also compare the author’s notes with current data on cardiovascular health. Well, I can only deduce that the book hidden between the tiles is a major discovery.
[[Suddenly…->pasaje43]]
''Lourie Ann:'' This is the complete and well-founded research on how certain diseases affect men and women differently, especially in the case of heart attacks, whose symptoms were less recognizable in women.”
''Matthew: ''It's so unfair to discover such an important work 89 years later!
''You:'' I don’t understand if her research was so important, why didn’t they use it?
[[I screamed in anger and frustration->pasaje44]]
[[I begin to feel tears on my cheeks when I imagine the injustice Dr. Kennedy suffered->pasaje44]]
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''Jane:'' I know how you are feeling...The story of Catherine Kennedy is yet another example of how we can question the inequalities that still exist in science. For centuries, women have been ignored in research, and that has consequences.
''Lourie Ann:'' Although the push for gender equality in research began to take hold in the 90s, there’s still work to be done to ensure medical research adequately reflects the differences between men and women. I agree that it’s a shame such a complete study was forgotten, but thanks to you, we’ll see if there’s something in Catherine Kennedy’s book that hasn’t been discovered yet.
''Jane:'' And also to give recognition to an extraordinary woman!
''You:'' [[I'm ready to fight for her recognition!->pasaje45]]
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''You:'' I’ve learned something valuable: the importance of inclusive science, that considers everyone, regardless of gender.
//With Catherine Kennedy's legacy recovered, aunts, niece and nephew understood that equality in science isn’t just a matter of justice, but also about saving lives.
//
The End.
[[Is this story based on real events?->pasaje46]]
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Raffio, V. (2019, June 23). Gender bias in science affects results. El Periódico. https://www.elperiodico.cat/ca/ciencia/20190623/biaix-genere-ciencia-afecta-resultats-7511209
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You: Monday morning, we’re at the library. Matthew dives into unimaginable worlds through reading. Aunt Jane is busy, moving from one place to another with books in her hands, searching for copies and helping visitors, always with a smile. I prefer to explore…
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