Career
In 1904, she received a doctorate in Zurich, Switzerland. By 1908, she was a lecturer at the economic College in Mannheim, and by 1924 had a professorship in economics. She wrote a number of books and articles on economic questions.
From 1912 on she edited the feminist yearbook Jahrbuch der Frauenbewegung.
The University of Mannheim grants the annual award "Elisabeth Altmann-Gottheiner-Preis" for students" theses on gender research.