Dr. Elisabeth Altmann-Gottheiner

Title: Dr.
Prename: Elisabeth
Surname: Altmann-Gottheiner
Name of birth: Gottheiner
Profession: Lecturer, women's rights advocate
Birthday: 03/26/1874
Place of birth: Berlin
Date of death: 10/21/1930
Place of death: Mannheim
Married since: 1906
Married to: Sally Altmann
Education: University studies (economics) in London and Berlin, from 1902 in Zurich; 1903 doctorate
Career: 1908 first woman lecturer at the Commercial College in Mannheim; from 1924 part-time professor extraordinarius
Memberships: 1924 council member, International Council of Women (ICW); 1925 founding member of the German Federation of University Women (DAB); 1926–30 German Association of Women University Lecturers (Verband der Hochschullehrerinnen Deutschlands); 1927 International Federation of University Women (IFUW) Fellowships Committee
Biographical literature: Salomon, “Elisabeth Altmann-Gottheiner zum Gedächtnis,” *Die Österreicherin* 9 (1930): 4; [Neue Deutsche Biographe, Elisabeth Altmann-Gottheiner](http://www.deutsche-biographie.de/sfz734.html)
Major works: *Studien über die Wuppertaler Textilindustrie und ihre Arbeiter in den letzten 20 Jahren* (diss.; Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, 1903); editor of the periodical *Jahrbuch für Frauenforschung* (from 1912); *Die Berufsaussichten der deutschen Akademikerinnen* (Halle: Niemeyer, 1921)
Links: [Elisabeth Altmann-Gottheiner Preis](http://www.uni-mannheim.de/1/universitaet/partner_ehrungen/partner/stiftungen/elisabeth_altmann_gottheiner_preis/index.html)