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For more pictures and details of the event, please continue >>> The Clothesline Project is a visual display which bears witness to violence against women. During the public display, a clothesline is hung with t-shirts created by or in honor of a victim or survivor of domestic abuse. The Clothesline Project began in 1990 when members of the Cape Cod Women's Agenda hung a clothesline across the village green in Hyannis, Massachusetts with 31 shirts designed by survivors of assault, rape and incest. Women viewing the clothesline came forward to create shirts of their own and the line just kept growing. The idea of using a clothesline was a natural choice. Doing laundry was always considered women's work, and in close-knit neighborhoods women often exchanged information over backyard fences while hanging their clothes out to dry. The concept was simple -- let each woman tell her story in her own unique way, using words and/or artwork to decorate her shirt. Once finished, she would then hang her shirt on the clothesline. This very action serves many purposes. It acts as an educational tool for those who come to view the clothesline; it becomes a healing tool for anyone who makes a shirt; by hanging the shirt on the line survivors, friends and family can literally turn their back on the pain of their experience and walk away. Finally it allows those who are still suffering in silence to understand they are not alone. For many survivors, making a shirt and finally seeing their story in unison with the stories of others allows them to own their pain and express their anger.
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