UL and LI in Text Widget

I apologize that I can’t find the answer to this question, as I’m sure it has been asked a million times.

the HTML version of “ul” and “li”

do not work in a text widget

this seems really weird to me since the HTML appears in the source code as one would expect and where one would expect — only it does not change the appearance of the text in the text widget

there are several plugins to create lists in widgets, so it is a known problem, but I need to INCLUDE lists in a text widget, as one would in any regular content that had some text, and then a list, and then more text, and another list

is there a solution to this please post it

THANK YOU !!!!!