"There are always a few radicals in any society, though, people of exceptional vision and independence of mind, who question such normalities and suggest that they are immoral and wrong. Such radical thinkers are considered "troublemakers" by the vast majority of people around them." Little Hawk, Sept. 2, 12:21 pm

I frequently make the point that a person of his of her age is not remarkable. It is what most of us are.

It is people you describe here that are ahead of their time- and that is why we remember them.