9Why did most European powers use indirect rule to control their colonies?

As women were at the center of the war effort during the first world conflict in all countries, an involvement that helped their emancipation at different rates according to the country.

Many women had to do the work themselves as farms, sometimes even replacing the necessary horses. According to historian Benjamin Ziemann, in 1916 44% of Bavarian farms were run by women. Throughout Europe, as well as women substitute in front of the work of the men in the party, even the least allowed for boys, they become bond drivers, cafeteria waitresses, postal workers, charcoal distributors, bank employees or female school teachers

Women were losing their husbands, they needed money, and the countries could not stop producing.