Editing Victoria Rowell (section)

== Personal life ==
[[File:Maj. Gen. Nadja West Honored by Essence.jpg|thumb|upright|Rowell (left) with Maj. Gen. [[Nadja West]] in Washington, D.C. in 2013]]
Rowell's first marriage was to Tom Fahey in 1989. They had a daughter, Maya, and divorced the following year. Rowell had a long-term relationship with musician [[Wynton Marsalis]]; and they had a son, Jasper.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.websitetoolbox.com/tool/post/mulatto/vpost?id=1109621|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090309030350/http://www.websitetoolbox.com/tool/post/mulatto/vpost?id=1109621|url-status=dead|title=Victoria Rowell with her two children.|archivedate=March 9, 2009}}</ref> In May 2008, Rowell announced her engagement to [[Radcliffe Bailey]], an Atlanta artist, at her annual High Tea at Noon fundraiser. Rowell and Radcliffe married on June 27, 2009, in [[Dublin, New Hampshire]]. On January 2, 2014, Bailey filed for divorce from Rowell.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tmz.com/2014/01/02/victoria-rowell-young-and-restless-star-divorce/|title=Young and the Restless Star Divorce|date=January 2, 2014 }}. ''TMZ.com''. Retrieved August 10, 2015.</ref>

=== Work with foster children ===
In 1990, Rowell founded the ''"Rowell Foster Children Positive Plan,"''<ref name="rowellfosterchildren.org">{{Cite web|url=https://cochranechildcare.org/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204135842/http://www.rowellfosterchildren.org/index.html|url-status=dead|title=Zentrum für Kindergesundheit und Entwicklung|archivedate=February 4, 2012|website=cochranechildcare.org}}</ref> which gives emotional support and financial aid to foster children, especially to those who aspire to become actors and dancers – the road Rowell took. In 2004, she was a special guest on the talk show ''[[Dr. Phil (TV series)|Dr. Phil]]'', in which she gave an emancipated foster child a chance at a job with Sony, dental care, and a scholarship from her foundation.

In May 2006, Rowell was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters by the [[University of Southern Maine]] in recognition of her work for the benefit of [[foster children]]. In 2007, Rowell published a [[memoir]] of her life that focused on her time in foster care. Entitled ''The Women Who Raised Me'', Rowell discusses all of the foster mothers who cared for her and for her sisters. She also pays tribute to the women in a documentary film, ''The Mentor,'' that she participated in.<ref name="boston.com" />  Rowell says that she began writing the book when ''Y&R'' turned down her offer to write for the show. She began a national book tour in April 2007.<ref name="2272007sow">{{cite magazine | title=Y&R's Rowell: The Real Reason I Quit | date=February 27, 2007 | magazine= Soap Opera Weekly|  pages = 2–3 }}</ref>

In March 2008, Rowell was the first recipient of the Gift of Adoption Celebration of Adoption Award, an award given to individuals or groups who are helping to unite children with adoptive families.

In March 2012, Rowell's book, ''Tag, Toss & Run: 40 Classic Lawn Games'', co-authored with environmental activist Paul Tukey, was released.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.booklistreader.com/2012/08/27/childrens-literature/tag-toss-run-by-paul-tukey-victoria-rowell/|title=Tag, Toss & Run by Paul Tukey & Victoria Rowell|date=August 27, 2012|access-date=October 19, 2018}}</ref>