Clare Dunn (1934-July 30, 1981) was an American teacher and Catholic nun who served in the Arizona House of Representatives.
[1] In 1965, the Los Angeles Congregation Sisters of Saint Joseph assigned her to go to Tucson, Arizona to teach history and government at Salpointe Catholic High School, a position she held for nine years.
Much of her work dealt with the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment, education, and helping the poor, elderly and marginalized.
[1] Dunn co-sponsored a bill establishing a Martin Luther King Day holiday, which happened years after her death.
[3] Dunn and an assistant, Sister Judith Lovchik, were killed on July 30, 1981 by a drunk driver going the wrong way on Interstate 10 in a head-on collision.