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So most important things I've found that have built her confidence are flat bars with easy to use shifters/brakes, gear displays on shifters to show what gear she's in, triple chainset and wide range rear cassette (even if she doesn't need the granny gear often it builds her confidence to have it as an option), comfortable position and saddle, good brakes, light and responsive enough to feel like a road bike rather than a tank.
All sound pretty obvious but to you and me, we can live with DT shifters, drop levers, looking down to see what gear we're and different positions etc. We tried different bikes over last few years but she hasn't taken to any like this one.