Edith Ogden Heidel

Edith Hope Ogden Heidel (February 8, 1870[1] – December 7, 1956) was an American sculptor.

Born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Heidel studied sculpture with Augustus Saint-Gaudens at the Art Students League of New York.

Heavily involved in the movement for equal rights, Heidel produced a number of sculptures for the cause.

One of these, The Closed Door, appeared on the cover of the National Woman's Party organ, Equal Rights magazine.

[2] Another, a plaster piece titled The Thinking Woman and inspired by Auguste Rodin's The Thinker,[3] was donated to the Party in 1922 to stand in their headquarters building on Capitol Hill.