Reply To: Women davening with a minyan

Avira: Yes the mishna in Avos tells us שכר הליכה. The chiddush that the widow is telling us is that there is extra reward for walking the extra mile to a further shul, even if one could have gone to a nearer one and done the same מצוה.
Further, even if one is exempt from going further than a Mil, one is certainly performing a מצוה if one makes the effort to go.