Clare Marie Hodges, 1918, Temporary ranger, Yosemite National Park. NPSHPC-HFC/YOSE#931. Herma Albertson, 1929, ranger-naturalist, Yellowstone National Park. She was one of the first women to wear the complete male uniform NPSHPC-YELL/130,092. The first two 'Rangerettes', as these early women were known, were Clare Marie Hodges (Wolfson) and Helene Wilson. They were hired as temporary employees to fill vacancies left by men who responded to their country's call to arms to 'save the world' in Europe. Helene Wilson, from Los Angeles, checked in vehicles in Mount Rainier National Park, while Hodges, a local grade school teacher, performed ranger service at Yosemite from May 22 to September 7, 1918.