A look at Janna's poor autoattack range

Janna has an autoattack range that doesn't seem to fit her character nor the role she is played in. At 475, her autoattack range is the shortest of all mage supports and of the common mages played bottom, only Morgana has less range. However Morgana has a range of 1300 on Dark Binding (50 mana) and 900 on Tormented Soil (70 mana). Janna's Howling Gail, despite having potentially longer range costs a whopping 90 mana at level 1, making it impractical to use very often. That leaves her with only Zephyr, a 600 range ability.

Point being, Janna's poor autoattack range is an unfair disadvantage. It puts her in more danger than her peers when she uses it to poke/kite/harass/etc. It is not uncommon for her to take damage before she is even in range to use her AA. Being a fragile/squishy champion, this puts her at real risk.

To me, this seems unnecessary. Her AA range could be increased (not necessarily to 550, but something higher than 475) to put her on a more level ground without making her presence to strong. I find myself too often being forced to retreat before my AA animation can even complete (or at least get far enough along to even do damage) or else risk taking too much damage from simple poking at early levels.

Janna- 475 Nami- 550 Soraka- 550 Sona- 550 Lulu- 550

Morgana- 450 Annie- 625 Zyra- 575 Karma- 525 Nid- 525

She has a shorter range than all adc's with the exception of Urgot.

Opinions/Comments? This is fairly common knowledge among people who actively play support, but I have yet to see it addressed as to why she has less AA range than her mage-support peers.

Edit: Made some clarifications. Thanks for the input!