Tiger Woods is 6'1" and uses a 44.5" or 45" driver.
Luke Donald is 5'9" and uses a 45" driver.
Cobra Golf lists:
"standard" length for the Women's "LD M" driver at 44".
"standard" length for the Men's "L4V", "LD", and "Pro" drivers at 45".
Taylor Made Golf lists:
"standard" length for its Women's "Burner" driver at 44".
"standard" length for the Men's "Burner" at 46", "r7 Super Quad" and "r7 460
at 45".
Wikipedia lists the average height of an American female between 5'4" - 5'5".
My opinion is that women who have been ill-fitted or not fitted at all (i.e.
bought clubs off the rack) have drivers that are too long (and in some cases do
not have enough loft).