Hello, I have been looking at vintage french bicycle catalogues, and the women version of various road or touring bikes rarely came with drop bars. I do not know if there was a bias against women using drop bars, or if they thought women preferred these bars, but I want them! I know the belleri 'porter' bars are quite sought after.
From photos they appear to be like a porter bar or the VO belleville except smaller and more narrow. I had the VO porter bar and it was quite large. The Grand Bois "elysees" look tempting, but perhaps too wide.
A car accident several years ago messed my back up enough that drop bars are a problem. I try them from time to time because I feel like a dork for not using 'proper' drop bars, but it doesn't work out.
I recently got a vintage road bike with 105 brifters which I was keen to try, but couldn't manage with my limitations and little hands.
So, I put a flat bar on with some parts hanging around, which is okay but not elegant or too comfortable. This road bike is definitely a go fast twitchy road bike and worry that getting too upright would negatively affect the handling.