7. Which is the BEST way to combine sentences 5 and 6 with a semicolon?

A. The horrifying and humiliating treatment these well-spoken and active women received at the convention spawned an idea; indeed, that idea was the beginning of the women's
movement.

B. The horrifying and humiliating treatment these well-spoken and active women received at the convention spawned an idea; the beginning of the women's movement.

C. The horrifying and humiliating treatment these well-spoken and active women received; at the convention spawned an idea; that idea was the beginning of the women's
movement.

D. Furthermore, that idea was the beginning of the women's movement; the horrifying and
humiliating treatment these well-spoken and active women received at the convention
spawned an idea.