A key thing is also to not just focus on pitch, focus also on timbre, resonnance.
Your only need to raise you pitch half an octave. Its the harmonics that make a difference.
Much of the energy of a female voice is not in the pitch but in the higher harmonics, which can go very high (men's harmonic tend to stay close to the pitch), not in the pitch itself.
In males, a lot of the voice energy is in the pitch and in harmonics that are a close to the pitch, making it sound more booming.
I would also recommend a actress on TV, or a online clip by a female speaker you like and try to imitate her voice. You can listen at interviews of GG's, or TV episodes, Grey's Anatomy has a wide variety of female voices and its a pretty good show too.