The Power Dress

Kelly was a speaker in the TEDxBuffaloWomen symposium on December 5, 2013. The theme for 2013 was Invented Here. Her talk, The Power Dress, addressed two themes very important to her: Louise Bethune and Architect Barbie. She discussed feminist issues behind both of these themes and the importance the image of the dress places in each narrative. She then juxtaposed it with her personal story of fighting to return to her professional life and identity following a life threatening illness, Guillain-Barre Syndrome. To date, her TedX Talk has garnered over 23,000 views.