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A '''red diaper baby''' is a child of a member of the [[Communist Party]], typically the American Communist Party in the 1940s and 1950s when the movement had a chance of gaining power in the [[United States]]. | A '''red diaper baby''' is a child of a member of the [[Communist Party]], typically the American Communist Party in the 1940s and 1950s when the movement had a chance of gaining power in the [[United States]]. | ||
| − | The term was popularized by a sympathetic book about them published in 1998, called "Red Diapers: Growing Up in the Communist Left" ( | + | The term was popularized by a sympathetic book about them published in 1998, called "Red Diapers: Growing Up in the Communist Left" (Edited by Judy Kaplan and Linn Shapiro).<ref>http://www.press.uillinois.edu/f98/kaplan.html</ref> |
| − | Edited by Judy Kaplan and Linn Shapiro).<ref>http://www.press.uillinois.edu/f98/kaplan.html</ref> | + | |
== References == | == References == | ||
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| + | [[Category:Communist Party USA]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Political Terms]] | ||
Latest revision as of 00:43, May 18, 2019
A red diaper baby is a child of a member of the Communist Party, typically the American Communist Party in the 1940s and 1950s when the movement had a chance of gaining power in the United States.
The term was popularized by a sympathetic book about them published in 1998, called "Red Diapers: Growing Up in the Communist Left" (Edited by Judy Kaplan and Linn Shapiro).[1]