Editing Westford, Massachusetts (section)

==Notable people==

* [[Joel Abbot (naval officer)|Joel Abbot]] (1793–1855), born in Westford, noted naval officer<ref name="Marquis 1607-1896">{{cite book |title=Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607-1896 |publisher=Marquis Who's Who |year=1967}}</ref>
* [[Pat Bradley (golfer)|Pat Bradley]], Member of [[World Golf Hall of Fame]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.worldgolfhalloffame.org/hof/member.php?member=1027 |title=World Golf Hall of Fame Profile: Pat Bradley}}</ref>
* [[Michael Fucito]], Retired [[Major League Soccer]] player, first drafted by the [[Seattle Sounders FC]]<ref>{{citation |title=Mike Fucito: Seattle Sounders' Embodiment of Desire and Spirit |publisher=[[Bleacher Report]] |last=Hare |first=Bill |date=November 3, 2010 |access-date=January 22, 2012 |url=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/509027-mike-fucito-seattle-sounders-embodiment-of-desire-and-spirit}}</ref>
* [[Pamela L. Gay]], Astronomer
* [[Martha Reed Mitchell]] (1818–1902), philanthropist and socialite
* [[Ellen Henrietta Swallow Richards]], creator of the field of home economics, first woman admitted to [[MIT]], co-founder of [[American Association of University Women]]<ref>{{citation |title=Ellen Swallow Richards |work=Biographical Snapshots of Famous Women and Minority Chemists |publisher=Journal of Chemical Education |url=http://www.jce.divched.org/JCEWWW/Features/echemists/document.php?chemid=33 |access-date=January 22, 2012}}</ref>
* [[Lt. Col. John Robinson]], [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]] soldier<ref>{{citation |title=Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, 1775-1783 |volume=13 |page=451 |publisher=Wright and Potter |place=Boston |year=1905 |url=https://archive.org/stream/massachusettssol13mass/massachusettssol13mass_djvu.txt}}</ref>
* [[Aaron Stanford]], actor known for [[Nikita (TV series)|''Nikita'']]<ref>{{citation |newspaper=[[Lowell Sun]] |date=May 4, 2003 |last=O'Connor |first=Austin |title=Westford actor Aaron Stanford is hot |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=LOWB&p_theme=lowb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0FAD340457591A75&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |access-date=January 22, 2012}}</ref>
* [[Nettie Stevens]], American geneticist