The Official National Website of
The Clothesline Project
"Bearing Witness to Violence Against Women…
The voice from Cape Cod MA that started
a movement around the world!"
We are sad to announce the death of the founder of the Clothesline Project, Carol Chichetto in July 2023. 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 child sexual abuse.
I saw Carol the day before she died, and promised her that I will keep it going here on Cape Cod and around the world. -Dave Doolittle, webmaster
The Clothesline Project is a program started on Cape Cod, MA, in 1990 to address the issue of violence against women. It is a vehicle for women affected by violence to express their emotions by decorating a shirt. They then hang the shirt on a clothesline to be viewed by others as testimony to the problem of violence against women. With the support of many, it has since spread world-wide.
Your project’s photos are welcomed here! Large size images are preferred. Please submit them here for publication on this website; thank you.
The Hunting Ground is a 2015 American documentary film about the incidence of sexual assault on college campuses in the United States and the reported failure of administrations to deal with it adequately. It premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival. Lady Gaga recorded an original song, "Til It Happens to You," for the film, which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song.
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COLOR CODED SHIRTS show the form of abuse and whether the victim survived the abuse that they experienced.
White represents women who died because of violence.
Yellow or beige represents battered or assaulted women.
Red, pink, and orange are for survivors of rape and sexual assault.
Blue and green shirts represent survivors of incest and sexual abuse.
Purple or lavender represents women attacked because of their sexual orientation.
Black is for women attacked for political reasons.
Brochure has space for your address & local info. This is the only way we are distributing this; do not ask for paper copies as we cannot provide them.
NOTE: This is a high resolution PDF file for printing purposes.
BELLS
Download mp3 of bells, used to commemorate those who've suffered abuse.
(File size= 20 mgs.
Running time= 30 minutes)
Psychology Today magazine
published an article
by Cathy Malchiodi, PHD, about
The Clothesline Project.
Read the PDF.
