Josephine Fields Sanders

Josephine Fields Sanders (January 1, 1895 – March 18, 1975) was an American teacher and musician.

Sanders played a key role in the formation of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in the mid-1940s.

[1] After World War I started, Sanders traveled to Europe to entertain American troops.

She married James O'Hear Sanders after returning to the United States, who would later become the lead plaintiff in Gray v. Sanders (1963), a Supreme Court case which resulted in Georgia's county unit system being struck down as unconstitutional.

[2][3] The AYSO held a concert at the Atlanta Municipal Auditorium on February 4, 1945, conducted by Henry Sopkin.