Read this paragraph from the dark game.

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.

what is the best summary of this paragraph?