Article snippet: LAS VEGAS — Sure, she’s a Harvard professor emerita and US senator, but Elizabeth Warren wants voters to know something else about her: Back when she was a young mother, she potty-trained her 2-year-old in five days to score a spot in day care. As the 2020 Democratic primary shapes up, its leading women candidates — accomplished stateswomen, all — are drawing attention to another role they play: Mom. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand and Amy Klobuchar both talked about being mothers in the opening statements of their presidential bids. Senator Kamala Harris speaks often of her husband’s two children and the nickname they have given her: Momala. There are already indications that the women of 2020 plan to draw on their own experiences to embrace policies that affect mothers and working parents more broadly, bringing such issues as child care and family leave firmly into the political mainstream. This week, for example, Warren plans to introduce a universal child care and early learning plan, which she has said would be paid for by taxing the wealth of the richest Americans. “I believe in universal child care and early preschool,” Warren said, speaking to a crowd of about 600 outside on a chilly Las Vegas afternoon on Sunday. “Zero to 5, let’s make that investment.” Experts say the way candidates are talking about motherhood is part of a broader shift in approaching running while female, after years in which women politicians were encouraged to downplay feminine or mat... Link to the full article to read more