katherine allagor on the lives of women during the american revolution and the early republic. and sunday at 6:00 p.m. eastern, on american artifacts, the arrival of the reconstructed french ship at the 18th century port of yorktown, virginia, designed after the french vessel that brought the major general back to the united states in 1780. exploring the american story. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >> we want to take time, however, to tell you about our survey that just come up since yearar 2000. each time there is a change in administration, we asked historians and professional observers of the presidency to participate inas c-span's historian survey of presidential leadership. this morning we're releasing u e results of our fourth historian survey of presidential leadership. here to tellan us more about its the survey project coordinator rachael katz. thank you for joining us. >> good morning.t >> let's start with what exactly is this historian survey of presidential leadership. >> ourri historian survey start from a series we did in 1999 called the amer