The Boone Co. Sheriff offers an excellent 2 day Intro to Defensive Pistol class. He offers them as "ladies only" several times a year. He is a Gunsite instructor and puts on a heck of a class really cheap ($175 for 16 hours). The class very closely follows Cooper's training methods. Far superior than the basic NRA classes. It is not a class on target shooting, it is a class on defensive pistol. After the initial classroom portion, you will train on a hot range while always being armed. None of that "lets target shoot and only carry guns unloaded and cased".
After you take that class, he brings in a bunch of other excellent training... Gunsite, Louis Awerbuck, Steve Tarani, and other well known and respected trainers.
I attend the Well Armed Woman meeting once a month at Beech. Next one is 2/23 from 4pm to 6pm!