Vera Barstow

She made a three-month tour playing for troops in France during World War I. Vera Barstow was born in Celina, Ohio, but described as being from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

[6][7] Of her 1917 appearance in Texas with Leo Ornstein, a critic reported that "Miss Barstow was delightful in every way and unquestionably one of the greatest women violinists we have heard.

"[8] In the spring of 1918, she toured Pennsylvania and Virginia, including a stop at Camp Lee with pianist Herma Menth, to play for American troops during World War I.

Among her students were Akira Endo,[18] Elizabeth Morgridge Mills,[19] Arlene Gattuso,[20] Stanley Ellison Plummer,[21] and Eric McCracken.

[25] Isaac Stern was among the musicians performing at a gala concert in her honor in 1968, in Pasadena, with proceeds to fund a scholarship named for Barstow.