The best summary of this paragraph is:
A summary is an abridged version of a text. The intent of a summary is to bring out the main point highlighted by the author. It has to be brief and to the point.
Option A brought out the main idea of the text which was that Elizabeth was a spinster who wanted to serve her country but did not know how to go about this.
The complete passage:
When the war began, Elizabeth Van Lew was considered a southern "spinster." She was in her early forties and unmarried. What could she do, she wondered, to serve her country? The answer came to her when she recalled her father's aunt Letitia telling her how she had ministered to the captured troops of the Continental army during the American Revolution, especially those who had been wounded in action.
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