Forgotten founder: Harry Marsh Warren and the history and legacy of the Save-A-Life League

Now a largely forgotten figure, Harry Marsh Warren founded the first suicide prevention organization in the United Stated and perhaps the world. He created, organized, and led what came to be known as the Save-A-Life League for 34 years - from 1906 until his death in 1940. During much of the first half of the twentieth century, the Save-A-Life League was the only suicide prevention organization in the U.S. It paved the way for later organized suicide prevention efforts, such as the Samaritans and other crisis-oriented services. The history and legacy of Warren and the Save-A-Life League is reviewed. Keywords: Harry Marsh Warren, Save-A-Life League, suicide prevention Copyrights belong to the Author(s). Suicidology Online (SOL) is a peer-reviewed open-access journal publishing under the Creative Commons Licence 3.0. Language: en