[1] Founded in the fall of 2007, IRD is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA).

Named for local area ties to the woman's suffrage movement and the 1848 Woman's Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, IRD held its first home bout at Cass Park Rink in May 2008.

The league experienced steady growth and formed a second team, the BlueStockings, in 2010.

[4] In September 2011 they became a full member league of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association.

These youth had their exhibition bout in September 2010,[7] only one year after the Junior Roller Derby Association was founded in Austin, Texas.