You are quite welcome...but as others have said she should get what she is most comfortable with.....you can rent different kinds of pistols at the range and try them out.
The .38 was merely a suggestion.
BTW...this is what I carry but I'm old school:
.357 mag S&W stainless 4" K frame
22 posted on 05/09/2015 4:42:28 PM PDT by Crim
(Palin / West '16)