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McNeal, Robert H. Bride of the Revolution: Krupskaya and Lenin. Ann Arbor, Michigan: The University of Michigan Press, 1972.
This book is the defining biographical work on Krupskaya in English, and covers both Krupskaya’s own life and some of Lenin’s biography and activities. While the content of the book often focuses on the relationship between Lenin and Krupskaya, rather than Krupskaya’s own efforts as Deputy Education Commissar, it is nevertheless an essential resource in English on her life and work.
Raymond, Boris. Krupskaia and Soviet Russian Librarianship, 1917-1939. Metuchen, N.J: Scarecrow Press, 1979.
This book is an excellent overview of Krupskaia’s work in developing Soviet Russian librarianship in the period from 1917 to 1939. The book offers a critical examination of Krupskaya’s ideology and actions in her work towards crafting a Bolshevik theory of librarianship that combined allegiance to the principles of partiinost’ with a desire to open up Russia’s libraries to the masses.
Simsova, Sylva. Lenin, Krupska︠i︡a, and libraries. Translated by G. Peacock and Lucy Prescott. Hamden, Conn: Archon Books, 1968.
This book collects primary sources on Soviet librarianship in English translation into one compact, readable volume. Selections include speeches and articles by Lenin and Krupskaya, as well as writings by about Lenin and Krupskaya and their relationships to libraries and library work. Also included is a helpful annotated bibliography by the editor of the book, S. Simsova Fla.
“Lenin’s Widow Tells Her Story.” New York Times. February 21, 1926.
Nelson, Jennifer. “Nadezhda Konstantinovna Krupskaya And Her Influence on Librarianship,” n.d., 7.
Read, Christopher. “KRUPSKAYA, PROLETKUL’T AND THE ORIGINS OF SOVIET CULTURAL POLICY.” International Journal of Cultural Policy 12, no. 3 (November 2006): 245–55. https://doi.org/10.1080/10286630601020306.
Richardson, John V. “The Origin of Soviet Education for Librarianship: The Role of Nadezhda Konstantinovna Krupskaya Lyubov’ Borisovna Khavkina-Hamburger, and Genrietta K. Abele-Derman.” Journal of Education for Library and Information Science 41, no. 2 (2000): 106. https://doi.org/10.2307/40324059.
Zepper, John T. “N. K. Krupskaya on Complex Themes in Soviet Education.” Comparative Education Review 9, no. 1 (February 1965): 33–37. https://doi.org/10.1086/445106.
Krupskaya, Nadezhda Konstantinovna. 1990. A Search in Pedagogics: Discussions of the 1920s and early 1930s. Moscow: Progress Publishers.
Krupskaya, Nadezhda Konstantinovna. On education : selected articles and speeches / N. K. Krupskaya. Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1957.
https://search.lib.utexas.edu/permalink/01UTAU_INST/1ilchdf/alma991043033019706011.
Krupskaja, Nadezhda Konstantinovna. The Woman Worker. Croydon: Manifesto Press, 2017.
https://www.marx-memorial-library.org.uk/product/woman-worker.