Adelia Cleopatra Graves (pen name, Aunt Alice; March 17, 1821 - 1895)[1] was an American educator, author, and poet.

[2] In 1841, she married Prof. Zuinglius Calvin Graves (1816–1902), who was serving as president of Kingsville Academy.

She was the author of several books including juvenile literature under the pseudonym of "Aunt Alice".

Her best-known works were: Life of Columbus; Poems for Children; Seclusarval, or the Arts of Romanism; and Jephtha's Daughter, a drama.

Her family was wealthy and cultured, all the men having for generations had the benefit of collegiate education.

A few years after her marriage, Graves received a bad injury, which crippled her physical energies.

She wrote the Old Testament Catechism in Rhyme (1859), on request of the same society, for African American slaves, for which she received US$0.20 a line.