Complex sentence: Grace Bussell was lauded by the press at the time and became known as the Grace Darling of the West after the English heroine, she was awarded a silver medal by the Royal Humane Society.
Split into simpler sentences: Grace Bussell was lauded by the press at the time and became known as the Grace Darling of the West after the English heroine. She was awarded a silver medal by the Royal Humane Society.