Read the excerpt from Eighty Years and More.

With this constant [teasing] from students and the sad complaints of the women, my mind was sorely [confused]. So when, from time to time, my attention was called to these [horrible] laws, I would mark them with a pencil, and becoming more and more convinced of the necessity of taking some active measures against these unjust [laws], I resolved to seize the first opportunity, when alone in the office, to cut every one of them out of the books; supposing my father and his library were the beginning and the end of the law.

Which statement best describes the central idea of this excerpt?

Stanton first fought for gender equality when she discovered that she disagreed with her father.
Stanton destroyed her father’s law library because she did not agree with the laws.
Stanton attempted to cut laws out of her father’s books so he was unable to enforce them.
Stanton discovered gender inequality and felt called to fight against it.

Stanton discovered gender inequality and felt called to fight against it.

The central idea of this excerpt is that Stanton discovered gender inequality and felt called to fight against it.

The central idea of this excerpt can be inferred as follows: Stanton, after being constantly reminded of the unjust laws through the complaints of women and teasing from students, becomes convinced of the necessity to take action against these unfair laws. She resolves to cut out these laws from the books in her father's library, imagining that this would be the end of the laws. Therefore, the best statement that describes the central idea of this excerpt is: Stanton discovered gender inequality and felt called to fight against it.