feminist: First of all, that story is brought down as an actual Ma’aseh with R’ Nachman of Breslov, not a Mashal. Second of all, there is no D’oraisa involved, only a D’rabannan. Third of all, he was a child.
Look, if these were honestly women who honestly thought that the proper way of Davening was with Tallis and Tefillin and that was what they did, they would be wrong but righteous in their endeavor. I’m not disagreeing with you on that theoretical plane. These Women of the Wall, however, are not doing that. What they are doing is something very bad. And it’s honestly sad for those well-meaning women who put on Taleisos that you conflate the two.
Oh, and Orthodocy existed back then. The distinctions of Reform and Conservative didn’t.