The one departure from historical fact is the sculpture's central conceit-the
subjects are gathered around a table, having a conversation. There's no evidence
that the three women were ever under one roof at the same time. However, they
could've been because they were contemporaries whose paths occasionally
crossed. But whether or not their paths all crossed at once is beside the point-art
is permitted its fabrications.
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Why did the author include this passage?

A)To point out the fact that the three women depicted in a new work of art to be placed in
a New York City museum never actually knew one another

B)To explain why it's not really important whether Anthony, Stanton and Truth actually met
in a way suggested by the sculpture

C)To describe evidence uncovered by sculptor Meredith Bergmann and used in the
creation of a new work of art that will be erected in Central Park

D)To acknowledge ways in which the controversy regarding a new statue to be erected in
Cent al Park affected the final look of the sculpture