was the movement of many different things. Women were now off the tracks and fields and into the stands, or out of public view all together, unless accompanied by men. The change was mostly pronounced among the middle and upper-class people. They came to believe that women's central role was to bear and nurture children and families (Struna).
             Constructed by men for men, games such as baseball were becoming popular in eastern urban centers while women's health was fading. Only gradually did women gain access to activities such as skating, croquet and rowing. In the 1850's women were mainly spectators only to show that men could keep social order. This would show that men were in charge and had control over their women (Struna).
             By the end of the Civil War, some women demanded and received access to colleges. They began to participate in some
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