Check out the Trek Lexa series. It's their WSD bike. I bought one for my 17 y/o daughter and she likes it as much as anything that doesn't have a Y chromosome. It's a fairly upright bike, for a road bike, with a longer head tube. Don't let her be intimidated by the drop bars. I almost always rest my hands on the top of the bar anyway.

The entry level Lexa was around $550, which really isn't much more than a Dick bike.