For a handgun you could just start off with something in .22 LR. No recoil and cheap ammo. I was lucky that my first time shooting a handgun was a Beretta M9/92FS. A 9mm with a large and heavy frame to mitigate recoil. Glocks don't have great stock triggers.
Rifle would either be a Ruger PC carbine (fun to shoot, cheaper 9mm) or a CA compliant AR15.
There are plenty of female gun channels on Youtube (and some of them are shorties as well) so watch some videos. Especially when it comes to carrying concealed. Honest Outlaw is a good source too because his wife is only 5'2.
This girl just started shooting in 2020.