In the 1950s, the National Association of Women Lawyers (“NAWL”) undertook what it considered its “greatest project,” the drafting and promotion of a model no-fault divorce law. It launched its campaign at a time when post-war realities and the law in practice were putting increasing pressure on the law on the books which lagged behind contemporary sensibilities. NAWL acted two decades before the no-fault divorce “revolution” of the 1970s. It did so in the 1950s when women were said to be both “domestic” and “quiescent.” The Article has three aims. First, it considers NAWL's project as a missing piece in the history of divorce law, the no-fault revolution, and the rise of mass divorce in mid-twentieth century America. Second, it reflects on the implications of NAWL's undertaking for the standard narrative of “domesticity” in the 1950s, an account that has been questioned in recent years. Last, it tells a story of women's activism in the depth of the so-called “doldrums” of the organized women's moveme

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1950 年代的无过错离婚改革：全国女律师协会“最伟大项目”的失落历史

在 1950 年代，全​​国女律师协会 (“NAWL”) 承担了它认为的“最伟大的项目”，即起草和推广无过错离婚示范法。在战后现实和实践中的法律对落后于当代情感的书籍法律施加越来越大的压力时，它发起了这项运动。NAWL 在 1970 年代的无过错离婚“革命”前两年采取了行动。它是在 1950 年代这样做的，当时人们说女性既是“家庭的”又是“静止的”。这篇文章有三个目的。首先，它认为 NAWL 的项目是离婚法历史、无过错革命和 20 世纪中叶美国大规模离婚兴起的一个缺失部分。其次，它反映了 NAWL 的承诺对 1950 年代“家庭”的标准叙述的影响，一个近年来受到质疑的帐户。最后，它讲述了一个在有​​组织的妇女运动的所谓“低迷”深处的妇女行动主义的故事。