Babe Ruth: A Cultural Icon Of The 1920's

In the 1920’s, George Herman Ruth Jr., also known as the greatest baseball player of all time, “Babe Ruth” is one of the many cultural icons of the 1920’s. A cultural icon, in this case, is a person who represents a great cultural significance to a wide majority of people. The 1920’s was a time where people felt at ease. Instead of living on farms with a set way of life, people started living more in cities where life was more outgoing and energetic. A person of the 1920’s got to experience a change in time which had a lot more freedom than they were used to. Most Americans took the advantage of the city which had provided pre-made things, which on the farms would take time to make. Due to the city, there became more jobs for people which meant more money going into the Americans pocket. The city was a whole new way of life. Not only did it provide home goods and needs for the people but it also gave recreational activities including; movie theaters, clubs and so much more like baseball fields and games. (in-text citation). …show more content…
Babe Ruth was only one out of eight children! Fortunately, Babe was one out of two of the children that got to survive infancy. The only child that had survived other than Babe was Babe Ruth’s sister, Mary Margaret, also known as Mamie. For a long time, it was not known when Babe’s birthday was. Due to his parents loosing six children, not to mention, two pairs of twins, there was an unnamed male birth certificate belonging to the Ruth family with a date of February 7, 1894. Therefore, for Babe Ruth’s entire life he had always thought that on February 7, 1894 he was born. We have learned through the years that that is not the