Which of the following is an assumption underlying the author’s assessment of Nightingale’s creativity?
A.
Educational philosophy in Nightingale’s day did not normally emphasize developing children’s ability to observe.
B.
Nightingale was the first to notice the poor living conditions in British military barracks in peacetime.
C.
No educator before Nightingale had thought to enlist the help of village schoolmasters in introducing new teaching techniques.
D.
Until Nightingale began her work, there was no concept of organized help for the needy in nineteenth-century Britain.
E.
The British Army’s medical services had no cost-accounting system until Nightingale devised one in the 1860’s.