Pick up a Makarov (9x18)semiauto for about 200.00 and learn how to shoot it, then maybe upgrade. They are easy to shoot, accurate and ammo is cheap. Can’t go wrong.
Besides the recoil of a Makarov is punishing. Most women do not have the upper body strength
to operate a blowback pistol like a Makarov.
A better choice whoud be a CZ-82