She was born in rural Gloucestershire and went on to study mental health at the London School of Economics. During the war, she worked with refugee and evacuated children, and after the war helped transform the day nurseries and orphanages of Milan, Italy.
In the UK, her last full-time job was as principal education social worker for the Inner London Education Authority. But arguably her greatest contributions to early years practice came after her 'retirement' as a consultant to childcare services in England, Scotland, Italy and Spain.
Sonia Jackson, professor of social care and education at the Institute of Education, London, co-wrote, with Goldschmied, the famous People Under Three: Young children in daycare (Routledge).
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