Anita Palermo Kelly (July 27, 1913 – August 15, 1990) was a former Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from Philadelphia County.

"Born in Ozone Park, Queens, New York on July 27, 1913, Anita P. Kelly graduated from John Adams High School, and then pursued additional academic studies overseas before returning to the United States.

[6] On November 5, 1963, she won a special election to fill a vacancy in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives that had been created by her husband's death in July of that year.

[6] In 1973, she co-sponsored legislation with Rep. Thomas Fee to improve the quality of medical care available to Pennsylvanians and address the growing shortage of doctors across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania by improving training requirements for physicians' assistants in order to enable those healthcare professionals to perform a wider range of medical procedures under the supervision of qualified physicians.

[15][16] After fifteen years of service in the House, she decided against running again for the 1979 term, and retired from the legislature in order to devote more time to her volunteer work.