Elisabeth Altmann-Gottheiner (26 March 1874 â 21 October 1930) was a German economist, educator and women's rights activist. She was one of the first women to become a university lecturer in Germany.
Altmann-Gottheiner was born on 26 March 1874 in Berlin. She married economist Samuel Paul Altmann [<nowiki/>] in November 1906.
She began her studies in London, England in 1899 then moved to study at the University of Berlin. In 1903, she received a doctorate in Zürich, Switzerland. By 1908, she was a lecturer at the economic College in Mannheim, and by 1924 had a professorship in economics.
She was a board member of the Federation of German Women's Associations (, BDF) and was involved in the Progressive People's Party ().
She died on 21 October 1930 in Mannheim, aged 56.
She wrote a number of books and articles on economic questions. From 1912 to 1920 she edited the feminist yearbook of the BDF, Jahrbuch der Frauenbewegung.
The University of Mannheim grants the annual award "Elisabeth Altmann-Gottheiner-Preis" for students' theses on gender research.