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Small hands can work fine with a 1911 if your fingers aren't too short. I've got what I consider to be smallish hands for a guy but my fingers are long enought to handle a full size 1911 just fine. If my thumb were a 1/4 inch longer I could reach the mag release button a lot easier though.

My son put slim grips on his Springfield Compact because of his small hands. I'm left handed so the slide release and the mag release are right there.

I did have trouble with my Springfield jamming. I sent it back to the factory and it loads anything now without a hiccup.
The reason we like 1911's is because of parts, the bells and whistles, it's in .45 and it's a single action. It fits our hands and take the slide release off and it becomes a modual design. I have two slides for my Para-Ordnance.

One more thing. The proper place to put the shooter's thumb is directly on the safety. There's no way a person can forget about to take the safety off.