"an elegant and headstrong artist and pioneer who, together with her engineer husband, made her own journey through the hardscrabble West nearly a hundred years before" is one long noun phrase which is in apposition to "grandmother". "an elegant and headstrong artist and pioneer" is the head noun. "who, together with her engineer husband, made her own journey through the hardscrabble West nearly a hundred years before" is a relative clause.
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