Due to the proliferation in alchemical literature of pseudepigrapha and anonymous works, it is difficult to know which of the alchemists were actually women.
dˈuː tə ðə pɹəlˌɪfɚɹˈeɪʃən ɪn ælkˈɛmɪkəl lˈɪɾɚɹᵻtʃɚɹ ʌv sjˈuːdɪpˌɪɡɹæfə ænd ɐnˈɑːnəməs wˈɜːks, ɪɾ ɪz dˈɪfɪkəlt tə nˈoʊ wˌɪtʃ ʌvðɪ ˈælkɪmˌɪsts wɜːɹ ˈæktʃuːəli wˈɪmɪn.