Choose the answer which best rewords the italicized portion. If you think the original wording is best, choose option A.
After working for the New York Women Suffrage Party and the American Woman Suffrage Association, Jeannette Rankin returned to Montana.
A)After working for the New York Women Suffrage Party and
B)After working for the New York Women Suffrage Party, and
C)After working for the New York Women Suffrage Party; and
D)After working for the New York Women Suffrage Party. And

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The best choice is "After working for the New York Women Suffrage Party and"
Commas are used before coordinating clauses such as "and" in sentences with two independent clauses. Periods and semicolons are inappropriate types of punctuation to use with this sentence. Since the clause after "and" cannot stand alone as a sentence, no punctuation is needed before the conjunction.

Choose the Answer Which Best Rewords the Italicized Portion