She's probably going to have to go one of two ways:

1) Secured card - She will have to give a deposit equal to the credit limit. It sucks, but it will build her credit and if she goes with something like a BoA secured card, they will review it once a year and if she is responsible with it and keeps the balance low, they will remove the secured part and she will have a normal card.

2) Card marketed towards people with bad credit. This will have a high interest rate and a lot of fees



She needs to be careful, patient and choose wisely though. Having a lot of inquiries on your credit from applying for things will cause you to be turned down. It lowers your score and looks like you are desperate to get credit.