The following sentence may need a semicolon to separate independent clauses. Select the answer option that will make the sentence correct. If the original sentence is correct, select No change.

Question

Leaders in brick-and-mortar retail operations included John Wanamaker and Frank Winfield Woolworth, their successful counterparts in mail-order retail were Aaron Montgomery Ward, Richard Sears, and Alvah Curtis Roebuck.
Group of answer choices

Replace the comma after Ward with a semicolon.

No change

Replace the comma after Woolworth with a semicolon.

Answer 1

Replace the comma after Ward with a semicolon.